Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 27

After three consecutive days of rushing, Xu Qing had already seen the gathering place of the government soldiers. Xu Qing was about to ride his horse forward when he heard a roar:

"Stop! This is the barracks..." Two soldiers jumped out and blocked Xu Qing.

"I was ordered to lead the army..." Xu Qing was not angry, he knew the importance of the barracks sentries.

"Hahaha, are you here to report?" A soldier jumped out.

"Half-sized boy, what kind of soldiers are you leading, and where is your team leader?" Another asked.

"Here is the official document, let me in quickly..."

"Ah, I don't know how offended my lord is here." After speaking, a man led Xu Qing to the barracks.

The rules of the camp are stable, the military affairs are well-organized, and the guard posts are orderly. Even laymen can't help but applaud.Xu Qing secretly looked at it, and came to the tent of the Chinese army.The soldiers leading the way whispered a few words to the guard in front of the tent of the Chinese army, and the guard's eyes lit up and asked Xu Qing:
"The general is Xu Qing, Captain Renyong?"

"I'm Xu Qing, how do you know me..."

"It's not that I recognize you, my general is your old friend... He told you to come in directly, don't report it."

"The last general, Xu Qing, was transferred to lead the order!" Xu Qing knelt down on one knee with his head bowed, cupping his hands.

After half a breath, "Boy Xu, are you safe?" A gentle voice came from the tent.

Xu Qing looked up, hiss, it turned out to be Liu Zan!After Liu Zan suppressed the bandits last time in Shandong, he once again shined brilliantly by presenting Xu Qing's ice-making method with saltpeter.He was transferred from a small low-level general to this decisive battle. Although he is guarding the rear, it shows that he is trusted and can be regarded as a general.

Liu Zan also thought of Xu Qing's love, and specially transferred Xu Qing to take up the post of battalion captain after he took office.Liu Zan also considered that his logistics troops are relatively safe, as long as the food, grass and weapons are escorted on time, in the end there will always be some credit for the merits and deeds.

"General Liu..." Xu Qing made a grateful and missed expression.This made Liu Zan very happy, thinking that this kid values ​​friendship.

"Okay, don't say anything else. This battle is King Qin's general. There is nothing King Qin can't win. I'll ask you to come and share a piece of the pie." Liu Zan said.

"Thank you, General Liu, for the promotion...but why am I being restrained by the King of Qi, Li You?"

"The king of Qin will lead the battle, and the king of Qi will guard the rear..." Liu Zan simply replied to this.

"General Liu, I don't know what the boy is responsible for this time?" Xu Qing thought, although the brothers of the Li family were fighting each other, but when it came to the critical moment, they still supported each other, especially in war, they would not make trouble. This is rare.The crown prince is good at governing, and the king of Qin is good at fighting. If the brothers can join hands, it is uncertain where China will go.

"Yeah, you, the captain of the battalion, just need to deliver food and grass..." Seeing that Xu Qing stopped asking about King Qi, Liu Zan nodded and returned.

"Don't go all out to kill the enemy?" Xu Qing smiled happily, he was a grain escort officer.Now he has the gratitude to Liu Zan.

"Hmph, don't be too happy, kid. The matter of food and grass is hard to say, but it's not easy."

"As long as you don't die, it's fine, it's fine if you don't... Hehe..." Xu Qing was still very happy, and smiled heartlessly.

"Maybe the enemy intercepted the food and grass?"

"General Liu, don't scare me..."

"Hahaha, at least you fought a battle in the military camp and killed people. How dare you look like a chicken." Liu Zan laughed out loud when he saw Xu Qing's timid look.

"..." Xu Qing was speechless for a while. The last time he killed those people, he was born with calves. He didn't know anything, and he had never seen the cruelty of war.

"Okay, let's stop teasing you, come with me to lead the army?" Liu Zan said and led Xu Qing out of the army tent.

After the three-way drum, there were five to six thousand people standing on the school field, some stretched their heads, some trembled, some stood in meditation, and so on.

Xu Qing followed Liu Zan to the high platform, and Liu Zan said loudly:
"Look at this, everyone. This is Xu Qing, the new battalion captain. Although he is young, he has also fought with the general. He was named a captain of Renyong at a young age."

"Cough cough, today select three teams to accompany Lieutenant Xu to escort food and grass, 750 people, plus 23 auxiliary soldiers. The people present are ordered: those who are over [-] years old, under [-] years old and those who are in poor health leave the venue."

When Xu Qing was about to choose some good people, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood when he heard Liu Zan say this.

Those who are over 23 years old and under [-] years old leave, and the rest of the co-authors are either old or weak?Is this still a war?

Liu Zan saw that Xu Qing was dissatisfied, and said: "Don't think too much, you are transporting food, these soldiers are enough, for the rest, good steel should be used on the blade."

"Ahem, it's okay, it's okay, old and weak are old and weak, just don't go to the front line." Xu Qing wiped his sweat.

"Look at how promising you are..." Liu Zan scolded with a smile.

At this time, there were only white hair and some trembling people left on the school field. As expected, except for the old man, none of them had been on the battlefield.Liu Zan signaled Xu Qing to pick someone, Xu Qing pouted, there was nothing to pick, there were only a few people.However, among the short ones, he was number eight, and after screening out some recruits who were too frightened, there were only 800 recruits.Xu Qing, a veteran, was not screened out. These people are well used, and they are also treasures.

"Xu Qing, Lieutenant of the Camp, listened to the order: Your department will escort four hundred stones of grain and grass, fifty poor horses, and thirty good horses. Arrive on time without any mistakes." Liu Zan said solemnly.

"The order of the last general!" Xu Qing said with a sigh of relief.

"Xu Qing, the 800 people of yours are just a temporary gathering. You can select the [-] team leaders for the three teams."

"Okay, thank you General Liu." Xu Qing thanked, thinking about the right to appoint and remove personnel, that is, to do whatever you like, it's amazing.

After Liu Zan left, Xu Qing glanced at the 800 people in the school yard, and the 800 people also looked at Xu Qing.Xu Qing asked: "Those who have been cavalry will stand up."

More than 20 people hesitated a little, and came out, most of them were veterans, and there were two new recruits.Xu Qing counted, 25 people.

"Okay, 25 of you, lead a horse each, divide into five groups, and patrol and investigate around our army." Xu Qing divided the tasks again, and the two groups patrolled within ten miles in front of the army. It is harassment.

Xu Qing looked at the school ground again, and a flash of light flashed in his heart. It turned out that Liu Zan had a deep meaning in giving me these soldiers: recruits are easy to fool, and veterans are sensible and will not violate orders. These 800 people are the most convenient for him, a young general who has just arrived, Xu Qing Qing couldn't help admiring Liu Zan's thoughtfulness.

"For the rest, those who haven't been on the battlefield once come out." Xu Qing said.After a while, more than 20 more came out. It is not necessary to kill the enemy when going to the battlefield, and those who follow behind and wave the flag have some experience.

More than 20 people, all young people, were full of worry, not knowing what Xu Qing wanted them to do.Huh?No, why is there an old man?

"That veteran, you are quite old, how come you haven't been on the battlefield..." Xu Qing asked from a distance.

"I... little old man, I have fought seven or eight battles, and I have always transported food in the back. I haven't... I haven't been there..." The man returned.

"Hahaha, old slick..." The people around laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

"Seven or eight food deliveries? Well, you will be in charge of leading a team to deliver food." The school field fell silent, unexpectedly, a team came out just like this, but many veterans looked at Xu Qing and nodded.

"No, no, I don't dare, I have never led a team before..."

"This is a military order..." Xu Qing didn't talk nonsense with him: "Besides, you start to pick people, first pick the boys and those veterans who are weaker." The veteran also obediently went to pick people.

Xu Qing looked at the remaining 20 or so who had never been on the battlefield, and said, "Just follow me. From now on, you will do the chores in the army."

Afterwards, Xu Qing picked out a few experienced veterans from the school field to serve as the captain and deputy of the team.
buddy.Then they were asked to pick out their own people, and after picking out the rest, they were sent to the grain transportation team.Xu Qing then told five more resourceful soldiers how to ride a horse, and sent them the remaining five good horses as a messenger, and he himself rode the old horse with a big horseshoe.

Take a day off and get ready to go!

(End of this chapter)